Mr. C. Dean and Mrs. Marianne Metropoulos are long standing members of the Orthodox community together with their two children, Evan and Daren. The Metropoulos family have been very active in the acquisition (private equity) business having acquired 87 companies around the world and five SPACS. Marianne Metropoulos heads the Metropoulos Family Foundation which focuses on many philanthropic causes. She is the Principal Benefactor for HRH Prince’s Trust International, providing education for underprivileged children around the world including Greece, Rwanda, and Kenya, among others. The Foundation also supports cancer research with the Memorial Sloan Kettering Epigenetics Cancer Center, the Hole in the Wall Gang Camps for children with cancer, and numerous other education, animal abuse, and environmental causes, as well as being a member of the Giving Pledge. Marianne also wrote and produced the feature film “Cliffs of Freedom”, depicting Greece’s 1821 revolution against the devastating 400-year occupation of the Ottoman empire.
“It is with great pleasure and humility that my family joined the Founders of the Bartholomew Foundation. Our religion and its unique and long history is the cornerstone of our identity and personal connection with our loved ones who have passed, and our family lineage. It also provides us a frequent and reflective connection with our Lord Jesus Christ, and his principals of love, humility, and kindness. These wonderful attributes provide us and our children the hope and courage to face the complexities and challenges of today’s stressful world; a world dominated by materiality, lost values, and human suffering.
It is with the hope of supporting the continued evolution, relevance, and connection with our Orthodox communities that we support the Foundation and its nurturing of our Orthodox religion for our future generations.”